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#ECD911

#ecd911 ≈ Citrine

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#ecd911 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 92.55% red, 85.1% green and 6.67% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 8.05% magenta, 92.8% yellow and 7.45% black. Its hue angle is 54.79°, with 86.56% saturation and 49.61% lightness in HSL. It is a warm color, often associated with optimism, attention and joy. Designers typically use it for highlights and warnings, children's products and call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 14.5:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Citrine (#e4d00a), ΔE 2.1.

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Web safe#ffcc00
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Relative luminance0.675

Complementary

  1. #ecd911
  2. #1124ec

Split complementary

  1. #ecd911
  2. #1192ec
  3. #6b11ec

Analogous

  1. #ec6b11
  2. #ecd911
  3. #92ec11

Triadic

  1. #ecd911
  2. #11ecd9
  3. #d911ec

Tetradic

  1. #ecd911
  2. #24ec11
  3. #1124ec
  4. #d911ec

Square

  1. #ecd911
  2. #11ec6b
  3. #1124ec
  4. #ec1192

Monochromatic

  1. #5d5607
  2. #a5970c
  3. #ecd911
  4. #f3e557
  5. #f8f09e

Shades

#ecd911 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ecd911
  2. #d4c30f
  3. #bdae0e
  4. #a5980c
  5. #8e820a
  6. #766d09
  7. #5e5707
  8. #474105
  9. #2f2b03
  10. #181602
  11. #000000

Tints

#ecd911 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ecd911
  2. #eedd29
  3. #f0e141
  4. #f2e458
  5. #f4e870
  6. #f6ec88
  7. #f7f0a0
  8. #f9f4b8
  9. #fbf7cf
  10. #fdfbe7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ecd911 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ecd911
  2. #e1d01c
  3. #d6c727
  4. #ccbe32
  5. #c1b53d
  6. #b6ad49
  7. #aba454
  8. #a09b5f
  9. #96926a
  10. #8b8975
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.45:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 14.5:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #d6d6d6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #dfd7ab ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #eed200 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #f4da2c ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffc9b9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #edd500 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #f1da24 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f8cf93 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ecd911 {
  color: #ecd911;
}
Background
.bg-ecd911 {
  background-color: #ecd911;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ecd911 {
  border: 2px solid #ecd911;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ecd911;
  --color-primary-rgb: 236 217 17;
  --color-primary-hsl: 55 87% 50%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ecd911 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ecd911, #92ec11);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ecd911 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(236 217 17 / 0.35);
}

#e4d00a Citrine ΔE 2.10 #f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 2.12 #ffe135 Banana Yellow ΔE 3.53 #eee600 Titanium Yellow ΔE 3.59 #ffdf00 Golden Yellow ΔE 3.61 #fdee00 Aureolin ΔE 4.73 #ffef00 Canary Yellow ΔE 4.94 #1326ee Inverted #d6d6d6 Grayscale 

Citrine
#ecd911  rgb(236, 217, 17)  hsl(55, 87%, 50%)  Citrine
#1124ec  rgb(17, 36, 236)  hsl(235, 87%, 50%)  Blue
#11ecd9  rgb(17, 236, 217)  hsl(175, 87%, 50%)  Bright Turquoise
#d911ec  rgb(217, 17, 236)  hsl(295, 87%, 50%)  Electric Purple